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RTL Interconnect Power Estimation
Circuit components visible at the RTL can be
categorized into datapath units (DPUs), which generate or
consume data, and interconnects, which route data between
DPUs. RTL DPUs consist of functional units, registers, memory
banks and controllers, . RTL interconnects consist of data
transfer wires, buffers on the wires, clock distribution network
and steering logic. Power, delay and area of interconnects within
DPUs are considered by corresponding models for the DPUs provided
in the RTL design library.
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Lin Zhong
2003-10-11